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by **Zonk** » Sat, 22 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>>I'm using Win98 and the DirectX drivers that came with it because the
>>dircect input drivers are the same in 6.0 as in 5.0. I think if i'm wrong
>>i'm sure someone here will correct me on the Direct Input driver.

>Well anyway I've tried DX 6.0 now and no luck, the darn think just
>won't work. :-(

>Joe

Joe,

i don't know if you follow the microsoft mshardware newsgroup, but there has
been some discussion of a few problems. It seems some have been related to
people using a creative gameport driver instead of the MS standard one, and
this has been causing problems with Digital sticks. I am not sure if this case
applies to you or not, but i suggest you take a look there for some further
help.

Z.

by **Siegfrie** » Sat, 22 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Hey Joe...
Got a potential cure for you...I used to have a problem with my Sidewinder
pad/Joystick in some games but not others, which caused no end of
frustration...turned out that the problem lay in my crappy old ESS 1868
soundcard - but was fixed by going to: control
panel>multimedia>advanced>audio devices>settings...and selecting 'single
mode DMA'. Everything worked nicely after that...hope it will for you too.
By the way...I found the above info in one of the 'Readme' files that came
with the sidewinder software. If it doesn't work.. maybe your solution will
be there :)

Sieg

>>My recommendation is completely non-technical. How about trying a fresh
>>installation. This works (for some strange reason) with games more often
>>than people would expect. Just a suggestion which you might want to
consider
>>after your current options are exhausted.

>Thanks, I have tried that a couple times (both before and after
>installing the latest Sidewinder drivers).

>I'm downloading DirectX 6.0 as I type, on the advice of MS support.
>Maybe that will work.

>I'm starting to dread the Motocross race startup screen though -
>everytime it comes up I'm becoming conditioned to expect failure once
>the race is loaded. I'll let you know if DX 6 works.

>Joe

by Jo » Sat, 22 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>Hey Joe...
>Got a potential cure for you...I used to have a problem with my Sidewinder
>pad/Joystick in some games but not others, which caused no end of
>frustration...turned out that the problem lay in my crappy old ESS 1868
>soundcard - but was fixed by going to: control
>panel>multimedia>advanced>audio devices>settings...and selecting 'single
>mode DMA'. Everything worked nicely after that...hope it will for you too.
>By the way...I found the above info in one of the 'Readme' files that came
>with the sidewinder software. If it doesn't work.. maybe your solution will
>be there :)

Thanks for the idea, but the multimedia driver for my SoundBlaster16
sound card doesn't have the 'single mode DMA' option.

Joe

by **Argu** » Mon, 24 Aug 1998 04:00:00

I have the EXACT same problem. I wanted to buy this when I saw it at
CompUSA, but thought I'd dl the demo first - and the controls are all
***ed up. I'm using a CH Flightstick Pro, calibrated, works fine with
every other game on earth, blah, blah, blah. Also PII - 333, 192 mb ram,
LX board, SB 64, 12 mb V2. I was hoping the actual game was fixed - guess
I'll be passing on this one. Too bad, it's a blast with the keyboard, but
this is too clumsy for the racing part.

- Argus

> Motocross Madness will not function with any controller on my
> computer. The game runs fine (P200 w/3dfx) but the control is all

> The game correctly detected this, and I've also tried manually
> selecting it in the controller options screen. Naturally the
> controller works fine in the Win95 calibration screen (and all other
> software). There are a couple severe problems:

> 1) No "dead zone" - when the joystick is centered, the bike's wheel
> flails wildly back and forth. The bike cannot be driven straight.

> 2) Joystick controls are REVERSED. I can sort of steer, but left and
> right are switched. The leaning control is also switched - moving the
> joystick forward makes the driver lean back, and vice-versa. Needless
> to say this makes it impossible to drive.

> I've also tried my Gravis Gampad Pro (selected as a 4-button gamepad
> in the game), with similarly poor results. Like the Sidewinder, the
> control directions are reversed. And in this mode I can't steer left
> at all. When the dpad is centered the bike steers right. When I push
> right the wheel is centered. When I push left it steers right.

> I've never seen such a screwed up controler interface. What the heck's
> going on with this thing? Again, both controllers work 100% fine in
> calibration (i.e., no jitters) and other Win95 games. Oh yeah, I also
> tried moving the controller Sensitivity slider around, but it had no
> effect whatsoever. And I looked in the readme (and MS knowledge base)
> but there's nothing there. Any ideas anyone?

> Thank god Microsoft has a 30 day money back guarentee. Looks like I
> might need it.

> Joe

by Le » Wed, 26 Aug 1998 04:00:00

>>i had the same trouble until i upgraded to DirectX6. instant fix.

>Ouch, that's rather terrifying. I suppose I'll have to risk it. Pretty
>wierd, though, that the game would require DX6 but not install it.

>Joe

MM doesnt require direct x 6. That is a very strange prob you have
there Joe. I using Direct x 5.2 and the game controls fine with my
Gravis game pad pro...and with the CH flight stick pro. I have it
plugged into my SB16 PNP {older version....SB2980}. It seems that
everyone has covered all the bases on what it could be. The only thing
else i can think of {this is out there!} is maybe a incompatibility
with your processor vs this game. Is it Intel,Cyrix or AMD ?
I doubt that this is the prob but geez...this prob has me stumped as
well.
Lee
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by **Murc** » Wed, 26 Aug 1998 04:00:00

Have you tried calling tech support on this. I know it's a pain and you will
probably be on hold but if they can fix your problem then you would really
like this game.

>>>i had the same trouble until i upgraded to DirectX6. instant fix.

>>Ouch, that's rather terrifying. I suppose I'll have to risk it. Pretty
>>wierd, though, that the game would require DX6 but not install it.

>>Joe

> MM doesnt require direct x 6. That is a very strange prob you have
>there Joe. I using Direct x 5.2 and the game controls fine with my
>Gravis game pad pro...and with the CH flight stick pro. I have it
>plugged into my SB16 PNP {older version....SB2980}. It seems that
>everyone has covered all the bases on what it could be. The only thing
>else i can think of {this is out there!} is maybe a incompatibility
>with your processor vs this game. Is it Intel,Cyrix or AMD ?
> I doubt that this is the prob but geez...this prob has me stumped as
>well.
> Lee
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by Jo » Wed, 09 Sep 1998 04:00:00

>Motocross Madness will not function with any controller on my
>computer.

An update on this situation: With the aid of an MS support rep I was
able to force the Direct 6 setup program to re-install certain files,
and the game is now working fine.

Joe

by **paul la** » Wed, 09 Sep 1998 04:00:00

: >Motocross Madness will not function with any controller on my
: >computer.

: An update on this situation: With the aid of an MS support rep I was
: able to force the Direct 6 setup program to re-install certain files,
: and the game is now working fine.

: Joe

So how'd you do it?

Paul

by Jo » Wed, 09 Sep 1998 04:00:00

>So how'd you do it?

Renamed the MSJSTICK.DRV, DDRAW.DLL, and DSOUND.DLL files (in
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM), then re-installed DirectX 6. Then I went into the
System control panel, selected the properties for my game card
controller, selected "Change Driver", reselected the same driver
(i.e., Creative Gameport Driver). This recreated the MSJSTICK.DRV
file.

Also, I deleted the extra copy of MSJSTICK.DRV that was in my \WINDOWS
directory. I hope this is helpful to some other people experiencing
this problem.

Joe

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